Authors Teenagers
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Padraig Kenny
Padraig Kenny, our Children's Author of the Month, tells ReadingZone what inspired his new adventure, After. Padraig is an Irish writer from County Kildare, now living in Limerick. Previously an arts journalist, a teacher and a librarian's assistant, he now writes full-...
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Katya Balen
Award-winning author Katya Balen and illustrator Gill Smith talk to ReadingZone about their new series for younger readers, The Appletree Animal Agency Katya Balen has an MPhil researching the impact of...
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Katya Balen introduces her novel, Ghostlines, a story about community, belonging and the environment. Katya studied English at university and then completed an MPhil researching the impact of stories on autistic children's behaviour. She has worked in a variety of special needs schools...
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Exploring Nizrana Farook's Adventure Stories for Children
The Boy Who Saved a Bear is the latest adventure from Nizrana Farook, whose books also include The Girl Who Lost a Leopard, The Boy Who Met a Whale and The Girl Who Stole an Elephant. Nizrana was born and raised in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and the beautiful...
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Anu Adebogun introduces her guide to life, It's a Brave Young World
Anu Adebogun, British-Nigerian author, scholar and award-winning youth practitioner, introduces her new guide for young people, It's a Brave Young World, which draws on her decade of experience across the youth and community sector. She has also written 'Black a...
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Judith Eagle steps back in time with The Great Theatre Rescue
Judith Eagle introduces her latest historical fiction novel, The Great Theatre Rescue, which takes us back to bustling theatre land in 1930's London. Judith is also the author of The Stolen Songbird, The Secret Starling, The Pear Affair and The Accidenta...
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Neal Shusterman introduces his new dystopian thriller, All Better Now
Award-winning author Neal Shusterman joins ReadingZone to discuss his latest YA contemporary thriller, All Better Now. Neal has written more than 30 award-winning books for children, teens and adults, including the acclaimed Arc of a Scythe series (Scythe, Thunderhead a...
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Jonathan Stroud
The final book in Jonathan Stroud's Scarlett and Browne series, The Legendary Scarlett and Browne, is now available! Stroud worked as an editor at Walker Books when his first book, Buried Fire, was published. He has since written two internationally bestselling series:...
